Anti-Terror Agency's Searches In Kashmir In Al-Qaeda Attack Plan Case
NDTV
The case was registered in Lucknow by Uttar Pradesh's Anti-Terrorist Squad on July 7 and subsequently taken over by the NIA
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) today carried out searches at five locations in Kashmir in connection with its investigation into a case related to an Al-Qaeda group's plan to launch terror attacks in India, an official said.
The case was initially registered in Lucknow by Uttar Pradesh's Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on July 7 and subsequently taken over by the NIA for an in-depth investigation on July 29, a spokesperson of the agency said.
The NIA said the raids were carried out at five locations in south Kashmir's Shopian district and central Kashmir's Budgam district. A large number of incriminating documents and digital devices were seized, it added.
The case pertains to Umar Halmandi, an Al-Qaeda operative, who along with other accused persons had been radicalising and recruiting vulnerable persons for Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent and trying to raise 'Ansaar Gajwatul Hind' to carry out terrorist acts, for which they had already arranged arms and explosive substances, the spokesperson said.
